| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Takuu
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OC.POO.2
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P/poo
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Cup one’s hand, slap with a cupped hand, clap cupped hands
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Takuu
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MP.POA.1
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Poa
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Chum, throw bait so as to attract fish
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Sikaiana
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SO.POI.B
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Poi
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Almost; like, similar to
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Takuu
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PN.POKA.2
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Poka
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Adult male Great Frigate Bird [Fregata minor], with a red throat pouch; the pouch itself
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Sikaiana
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PN.POKA.2
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Poka
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Frigate bird sp. with a white neck
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Takuu
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PN.POKO.3
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Poko
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Clap with hands cupped and at right angles
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East Futuna
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Pogo ʔi isu
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Narine
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Samoan
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Pogaiisu
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The nostrils
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Samoan
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Pogaiisu
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Bridge of nose
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Pukapuka
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Pongaponga a iyu
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Nostril
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Pangaiu, pongaiu
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Nose
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Nukuoro
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Bongaa usu
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Nostril
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Sikaiana
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Poponoisu
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The mucus of the nose
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Takuu
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Ponoisu
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Mucus from the nose; illness involving a runny or stuffy nose; blow one's nose
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West Futuna
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Po/ro/geisu, pu/ro/geisu.
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Nostril
Phonologically Irregular
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Ifira-Mele
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Pagausu
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Nostril
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Rennellese
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Pongaa isu
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Nostril
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Tikopia
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Pongoa isu
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Nostrils
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Tahitian
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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ʔAa/poʔo ihu
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Narine
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Pongaaihu
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Nostril
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Moriori
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NP.POGA-A-ISU
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Pur(a,u)ngaihu
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Nostrils
Phonologically Irregular
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Takuu
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EP.POTI.2
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Poo/poki
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Marine creature: sand bug, mole crab
Problematic
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Takuu
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SO.POLE.B
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P/pore
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Shake, tremble (because of old age or sickness), tingle, shiver; (of muscle) have a spasm; (of steering handle of outboard motor) vibrate; (of limb affected by Parkinson’s Disease) tremble slowly; be afraid, worried
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Takuu
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EO.POLI.A
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Pori
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Roll of fat around one's waist
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Takuu
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PN.PORO.1
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Poro
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Advise, give advice
Borrowed
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Sikaiana
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PN.PORO.1
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Polo
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The death wish or requests a dying man makes to his family
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Takuu
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PN.POTU.1
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Potu
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Section of coconut-frond dragnet which may be opened to insert a mooise net; point at rear of mooise net toward which fish are driven; point on shank of fishook where the curve starts; corner of a house
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Takuu
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SO.PUU.3
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Puu
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Place stones on top of a fire to heat them for an earth oven
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Takuu
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PN.PUU.2
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P/puu
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(of a boil or sore) Drain
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Takuu
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FJ.PUA.1A
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Pua
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Tree sp. (Gardenia?)
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Takuu
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OC.PUAKA
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Puaka
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Pig (obs.)
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Takuu
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PN.PUI.A
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P/pui
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Close something; block (e.g. path); make forbidden; forbid access...; use magic to make someone else unlucky at fishing; govern (as a conqueror); invoke ancestors to ward off malevolent spirits (tipua) at night.
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Takuu
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FJ.PUKE.1A
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Puke
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Membrane of sand which the puiari and uu crabs make to cover the entrance to their holes
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Takuu
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MP.PUKU.1A
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Puku
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General term for a group, clump or division
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Takuu
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MP.PUKU.1A
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Puku/puku
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Bump, swelling, knot (in wood) or any other rounded protuberance
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Takuu
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PN.PUNOU
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Punou
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(of a person) Stooped, bent over with age or infirmity
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Takuu
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PN.PUPU.A
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Pupu
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Weed-infested
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Takuu
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NO.PULA-PULA.2
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Pura
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Colour, pattern; coloured portion or pattern of a woven mat
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Sikaiana
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MP.PULA.1
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P/pula
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To shine with a low light, as a fire from a far distance or a star
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Sikaiana
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FJ.PULEWA
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Puleva
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Type of sea coral that is soft and spongy in the part where it is growing
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Takuu
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CP.PUULOU.A
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Purou
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Largest of the woven mats...Formerly used overhead as protection against rain, or as a mosquito net for babies
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Takuu
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MP.PULU.1A
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Puru
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Soft fibres of coconut husk
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Sikaiana
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PN.PUSAKI
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Pusaki
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To blow out air
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Takuu
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PN.PUTO
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Puto
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That part of a net or sail that balloons outward from the wind or water; (of a sail or a fishing net) to balloon outwards
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Takuu
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OC.PUTU.1
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Puutu/na
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Large group of people gathering for work or entertainment; An afternoon of storytelling, singing and dancing organised as an entertaining distraction for mourners (obs.)
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Sikaiana
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OC.PUTU.1
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Puutu/na
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Part of teika lle ceremony...
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Sikaiana
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PN.RAFO
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Laho
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Root of pandanus {paku} tree, sliced and then left to dry, used as house walling slats
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Takuu
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OC.LAKI
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Raki, laki
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Direction or season of west winds
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Sikaiana
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OC.LAKI
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Laki
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The west
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Takuu
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OC.LALA.1
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Rara
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Plant sp. whose leaves and flowers are worn as amulets by men fishing for tuna, and as body decoration by men and women when dancing
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